University of St Andrews

major companies. In 2017, St Andrews was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university (along with Warwick), with 97.7 per cent of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation. An independent report conducted by Swedish investment firm, Skandia found that despite its small undergraduate body, St Andrews is the joint-5th best university in the UK for producing millionaires. A study by High Fliers confirmed this by reporting that the university also features in the top 5 of UK universities for producing self-made millionaires. According to a study by the Institute of Employment Research, St Andrews has produced more directors of FTSE 100 companies in proportion to its size than any other educational institution in Britain.
The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 placed eight subjects offered by St Andrews first in the UK, including: Anthropology, Chemistry, English, French, History, History of Art, Physics & Astronomy and International Relations. In the 2026 Complete University Guide, 25 out of the 26 subjects offered by St Andrews ranked within the top 5 nationally, making St Andrews one of only three multi-faculty universities in the UK to have over 95% of subjects offered in the top 10. 18 subjects ranked nationally within the top three including English (#1), German (#1), Business and Management (#2), Chemistry (#2), French (#2), Geology (#2), History of Art (#2), International Relations (#2), Italian (#2), Psychology (#2), Anthropology (#3), Classics (#3), Film Studies (#3), History (#3), Iberian Languages (#3), Mathematics (#3), Russian (#3) and Theology (#3). Biomedical Sciences (#4), Computer Science (#4), Economics (#4), Geography and Environmental Science (#4), Biological Sciences (#5), Philosophy (#5), Physics and Astronomy (#5) made up the other subjects in the top 5. The Guardian University Guide 2026 placed History, History of Art, Mathematics and International Relations first in the UK. 14 other subjects …